Report: A third of employers may drop health benefits

Nearly a third of employers may drop health benefits come 2014, according to a new report from McKinsey Quarterly, the Dayton Business Journal reports.

The report shows how employer-sponsored health benefits may be impacted by the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act. Many of the law’s relevant provisions take effect in 2014.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated just 7 percent of employees would be forced into subsidized-exchange policies. However, the survey of more than 1,300 employers suggests that 30 percent of employers said they would “definitely or probably” drop health insurance policies.